SAMBANDAR

July 30, 2021

The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) announced that it would return 14 works of art from its Asian art collection to India.

The works being returned are:

  • dancing child-saint Sambandar of 12th century belonging to Chola dynasty,

  • processional standard [alam], from Hyderabad,

  • arch for a Jain shrine (11th-12th century), seated Jina, 1163 from Mount Abu region, Rajasthan,

  • the divine couple Lakshmi and Vishnu [Lakshmi Narayana] (11-12th century), and

  • Durga Mahisasuramardini, from Gujarat.

Source : The Hindu

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